Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 37

Given the following physical urinalysis results, determine additional urinalysis results that may be abnormal.

a. A green specimen with a strong foul odor of ammonia

b. A pale yellow urine with a specific gravity of 1.030

c. A dark yellow specimen with yellow foam

d. A cloudy red urine

Step 1 of 4

a.

Green specimen specifies the presence of bacterial infections. Foul odor of ammonia caused due to unpreserved condition.

• This specimen requires positive reagent strip test for nitrite, which provides information of existence of urinary tract infection

• Due to improper preservation, pH of urine will exceed 8.5